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Strange Fruit (Live At Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)
Billie Holiday
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And now I'd like to sing a tune. It was written especially for me.
It's titled Strange Fruit. I do hope you like it.
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♪ Southern trees bear strange fruit.
Blood on the leaves and blood at the fruit.
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze.
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant south.
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth.
Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh.
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck.
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck.
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop.
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Thank you.
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Billie Holiday
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